Friday, January 23, 2009

Malaysian Blogger in Gaza

Ahmad A. Talib of Pahit Manis crossed into Gaza an hour or so ago, perhaps the first Malaysian blogger to do so. He is part of a humanitarian mission, led by Yayasan Salam in which he is a member, to help in the rebuilding of Gaza. The mission includes a journalist from NST. The Star journalist Shahanaz Habib has been there since last week. Ahmad led a group of journalists into Iraq during the US invasion; Shahanaz, of course, was our first journalist that got into Baghdad then.

31 comments:

It's great to see malaysians actually doing something about it. Good luck to the team and all the best in your mission. I really envy these guys. Do all we can and lend whatever support. Continue the boycot and walk the walk.

Ahmad Talib should spend his time and efforts helping our country during these tough economic conditions instead of trying to be a hero in GAza. We have more than 1 million jobless at the moment, and it could rise to 2 million at the end of the year. Shouldnt we be helping ourselves, Ahmad? There is nothing we can do to save Gaza, because the Israelis have bombed the place into the stone age. By the way, I sympathise with the Palestinians. Not that I love Palestine less, but I love Malaysia more.

Do we not notice how Rocky has been steering clear of anti-BN and anti-UMNO issues? Why bother talking about Gaza & the plight of Palestinians, or Sime Darby when we have so many dreadful incidents in our own backyard? The murder of Kugan is outrageous and justice must be served. And here our dear Rocky has yet again chosen to stay clear from any issues that matters the livelihood of all Malaysians. Well done Rocky. You have certainly been paid off handsomely by the UMNO goons, particularly by Mahathir.

Aiya NST man, I know u very well brader. You are one of the motherfcukers who's very unhappy with Ahmad Talib since those days. If you are so anti-Malay and Islam, i suggest you stay away from commenting on any blog brader. Take my advice seriously NST man!

Continue all the boycot of zionist supporting companies an lend what you can to rebuild palestine and palestinian hopes. Just ignore these zionist sympathizers who are out to sabotage our efforts. Theyre jealous that we're walking the walk while they just talk cork about things. They complain about cleaning backyards but do nothing also and yet they want others whos actually doing something about other issues to do the cleaning for them?

check your facts. ahmad and his buddies also help run two shelter homes in chow kit. and some of you may know that he and siblings and friends also contribute to about 30 orphans in his kebun kampong. and nstman, you don't remember ahmad and veera walked to raise funds for the late alex choong? be fair.

Hey Rocky - Why not put your journalistic skill to test by doing a piece on the nature of Telekom Malaysia's award of the HSBB project? HSBB is a critical infrastructure that will help Malaysia maintain parity with rest of the world in terms of information & technology dissemination. Is it not in your interest as well to ensure everything to do with Telekom Malaysia HSBB project is done above the board? And by the way, word in the industry is that HSBB project is a Najib project.

Using the word from one of your astute reader Demon Eater - Takut keh!!!

Hey Rocky - Why not put your journalistic skill to test by doing a piece on the nature of Telekom Malaysia's award of the HSBB project? HSBB is a critical infrastructure that will help Malaysia maintain parity with rest of the world in terms of information & technology dissemination. Is it not in your interest as well to ensure everything to do with Telekom Malaysia HSBB project is done above the board? And by the way, word in the industry is that HSBB project is a Najib project.

Using the word from one of your astute reader Demon Eater - Takut keh!!!

Waaahh...teohjitkhiam, Not bad la you. Rwanda, Chechnya.. good point la. I think you also missed a lot of other hotspots... but then why not you go there first and then send some pics to Rocky. I'm sure he'll paste them on his blog too.

and NSTman, pls tell us how much YOU have done for OUR country which is going through "tough economic times", other than your usual pathethic whinings about everything of course.

Yayasan Salam Malaysia sends their missions overseas, including those to Gaza through generous donations and support from Malaysian public, corporate bodies and government agencies.

At home front, Yayasan Salam Malaysia(Salam) send relief mission to tsunami hit Kuala Muda Kedah, flood in Johor, Pahang, Terengganu. Salam have established two shelter homes in Chow Kit. This year Salam will open a center for youth in KL. Salam, together with corporate citizen, opened up 17 ICT community centers all over Malaysia. Another 6 centers are planned for this year, incl 2 in Sarawak and 1 in Sabah.

Last year SALAM assisted in repairing 30 hardcore poor houses and distributed more than 1000 sets of school uniforms, book vouchers,etc to poor kids. Salam assisted in supply of eletricity and water to 120 orang asli houses last year and will do the same this year.